Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. In 1918, she was chosen for a film contract by Hollywood film mogul Jesse Lasky for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, which later became Paramount Pictures. Her first feature, The Cruise of the Make-Believes, garnered the teenaged starlet much public acclaim and Lasky quickly sent Lee on an arduous publicity campaign. Critics lauded Lila for her wholesome persona and sympathetic character parts. Lee quickly rose to the ranks of leading lady and often starred opposite such matinee heavies as Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino. Lee bore more than a slight resemblance to Ann Little, a former Paramount star and frequent Reid co-star who was leaving the film business and at this stage in her career an even stronger resemblance to Marguerite Clark. In 1922 Lee was cast as Carmen in the enormously popular film Blood and Sand, opposite matinee idol Rudolph Valentino and silent screen vamp Nita Naldi; Lee su…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) — Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
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Blood and Sand (1922) — Carmen
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Male and Female (1919) — Tweeny, the scullery maid
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The Unholy Three (1930) — Rosie O'Grady
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Terror Island (1920) — Beverly West
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Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) — Zelda
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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967) — Viola Zickafoose
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Flight (1929) — Elinor
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Whirlpool (1934) — Helen
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The Soul of Youth (1920) — Vera Hamilton
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The Intruder (1933) — Connie Wayne
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) — Princess Irma
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Mrs. McLean
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The Midnight Girl (1925) — Anna
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Unholy Love (1932) — Jane Bradford
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Officer Thirteen (1932) — Doris Dane
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False Faces (1932) — Georgia Rand
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The Show of Shows (1929) — Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
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A Trip to Paramountown (1922) — Self
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Lone Cowboy (1933) — Eleanor Jones
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Country Gentlemen (1936) — Louise Heath
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The Night of June 13 (1932) — Trudie Morrow
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Face in the Sky (1933) — Sharon Hadley
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Those Who Dance (1930) — Nora Brady
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Nation Aflame (1937) — Mona Franklin Burtis
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Hollywood (1923) — Lila Lee
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Midsummer Madness (1921) — Daisy Osborne
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The New Klondike (1926) — Evelyn Lane
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Drag (1929) — Dot
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Second Wife (1930) — Florence Wendell Fairchild
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The Sacred Flame (1929) — Stella Taylor
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Wandering Husbands (1924) — Diana Moreland
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War Correspondent (1932) — Julie March
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The People's Enemy (1935) — Katherine Carr
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Exposure (1932) — Doris Corbin
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I Can't Escape (1934) — Mae Nichols
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In Love with Life (1934) — Sharon
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Crazy to Marry (1921) — Annabelle Landis
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The Iron Master (1933) — Janet Stillman
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Dark Streets (1929) — Katie Dean